Table 4.

Covariates of interest and adjusted associations of caregiver acceptance of silver diamine fluoride treatment. (n = 495)

Covariates of Interest	Adjusted OR	95% CI		P Value
Age group of pediatric patient
< 6 years	–	–	–	–
6 to < 9 years	0.38	0.17	0.82	0.014
9+ years	1.86	0.68	5.08	0.226
Gender of caregiver
Male	–	–	–	–
Female	0.75	0.36	1.54	0.430
Age of caregiver (in years), continuous	1.02	0.99	1.06	0.212
Education of caregiver
Less than high school	–	–	–	–
High school graduate	0.74	0.27	2.02	0.563
Some college or more	1.06	0.37	3.02	0.917
Decayed, missing, filled teeth total score (dmft or DMFT), continuous	1.08	1.00	1.16	0.038
Caregiver born in the United States
No	–	–	–	–
Yes	0.19	0.02	1.81	0.150
Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (SASH) score, continuous	0.67	0.44	1.03	0.071
Caregiver born in the United States X SASH score (interaction term)	1.84	1.02	3.32	0.042
Likelihood of choosing SDF treatment
Very / somewhat unlikely	–	–	–	–
Not sure	1.58	0.69	3.63	0.280
Somewhat / very likely	3.07	1.50	6.28	0.002
Concern regarding dark mark of SDF treatment
Not concerned	–	–	–	–
Moderately / slightly concerned	0.59	0.26	1.33	0.204
Extremely / very concerned	0.33	0.14	0.80	0.014
Comfort regarding SDF treatment
Very / somewhat uncomfortable	–	–	–	–
Neutral	2.34	1.13	4.86	0.022
Somewhat / very comfortable	6.19	2.74	14.0	< 0.001
Understanding of SDF treatment
Knows nothing / not enough / not sure	–	–	–	–
Knows something	2.59	1.33	5.05	0.005
Knows a lot	1.86	0.83	4.15	0.130

Adjusted OR = odds ratio adjusted for the other predictors in the model

CI confidence interval

For categorical variables, ORs are presented where the 1st level is the reference category

For continuous variables (labeled as such), ORs are presented for a 1-unit increase